[Nicolas-Edme RESTIF de LA BRETONNE]. Les Nouveaux mémoires - Lot 56

[Nicolas-Edme RESTIF de LA BRETONNE]. Les Nouveaux mémoires d'un homme de qualité par M. le M... de Br... La Haye, Veuve Duchesne, De-Hansy, 1774. 2 volumes in-12, marbled calf, very nicely decorated smooth spines (period binding). Lacroix, 118 /// I. (2f.)-50-218-(5f.) / II. IV-(5) to 222. First edition. Copy containing, in addition to the usual pagination, in volume I and placed at the beginning, 50 pages containing Les Beaux Rêves and the Thèse de medecine soutenue en enfer and, in fine, Additions and corrections paginated 213 to 218, one leaf addressed to A Madame and 4 leaves of commentaries on Restif's works. And in volume II, in fine, 7 leaves paginated 209 to 222, entitled Le Secret d'être aimé après Quarante ans... A superb copy in a very fine contemporary binding.